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I put down some lino I had laying around because rabbits poop alot! I had no idea rabbits were such poop machines! So Mocha now has three litter boxes and I sure hope she starts using them more! Anyway here is her new setup,

just chilling on the old floor.

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Mini Rex/Rex fur is glorious. It's sad but Standard Rex are often raised for their pelts (and meat). It feels like plush crushed velvet.

She's beautiful, and looks very spolied =)

As for the poop, in all honesty, you'll probably always find poops outside the box. With bunnies, litter training is more for the urine (which is where the odor comes from.. the poop really doesn't smell that bad... it's great for the garden too!).

Livideum, yep she loves phonebooks! And she is very soft, it's addicting petting her!

JessicasZooCrew, nice factoid about poop for the garden! I will remember that for next year!

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Moved my chair out to give her some extra room. Rabbits are a lot of fun!

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Hi Scubbs! Mocha seems pretty happy with her digs! She gets kale, baby romaine, apples, carrots, broccoli and a small amount of banana. And some parsley, mint and dandelion root. Any suggestions would be great, Mocha is my first bun and I really want to treat her well. Her pellet is Oxbow for young rabbits, she is just six months old.

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I love your set up! She's an adorable little girl! Where did you get that tunnel (a link, name of product would be great)? I've been looking for one for my rabbit rescues, I got a super pet tunnel, but it was TINY, luckily it works for the guinea pigs.

As far as the litter training goes, I'd set up a hay rack in or next to her litter boxes, or even just put hay in the litter box. Bunnies often poop while they're eating, so if there's hay by their litter box, they can munch and poop at the same time. I have two unspayed rabbits, and I was able to potty train them in less than a week using this trick, and they haven't made a boo boo since, other than one or two poops outside of the box, but most ends up where it should.

I love your set up! She's an adorable little girl! Where did you get that tunnel (a link, name of product would be great)? I've been looking for one for my rabbit rescues, I got a super pet tunnel, but it was TINY, luckily it works for the guinea pigs.

As far as the litter training goes, I'd set up a hay rack in or next to her litter boxes, or even just put hay in the litter box. Bunnies often poop while they're eating, so if there's hay by their litter box, they can munch and poop at the same time. I have two unspayed rabbits, and I was able to potty train them in less than a week using this trick, and they haven't made a boo boo since, other than one or two poops outside of the box, but most ends up where it should.

Thanks! Mocha is doing much better with the potty training, thank goodness. As for the tunnel I bought that at Walmart in the cat section, I think for $8. Mocha loves that thing.

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I second the hay in the litterbox. We have big litterboxes (30" long, 16" wide - they are cage bottoms). We put newspaper down, then bedding, then a bunch of hay. Velvet and Dancer eat and pee and poop - all at once. They use one side of the litterbox as the toilet, the other as the kitchen. They never have any accidents outside of their litterbox.

More pics after cleaning up her area. I am going to try the hay over the litter box but I am thinking that she will need a bigger litter box for that idea.

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Aw, I love the pink cardboard house thingy, where'd you get that? I've seen the big card board critter haven mazes for rabbits, but at 18 bucks, it's pretty expensive for cardboard that they'll destroy pretty quickly.

For the hay in the litter box thing, you could just put the hay on one side of the litter box, rather than using a hay container over it. I just put a couple handfuls of hay in the litter box itself, and they go for it. There's not much hay wasted that way, actually. You can also put a little treat in the litter box to entice her to spend time there, like a bit of mint or other good smelling herb.

They like to hang out in their litter boxes. I always have good sized ones for them. I also put lots of hay in. Even if it's wasted. They'll spend more time in there to poop and pee.

What is that 3 story thing for her to play in? I want one for all my buns.

The red one? Walmart for $15 I think, in the cat section. It's call a cat condo/playhouse. The pink one is stackable too but has been discontinued.

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Mocha gets to binking quite a bit lately so I down sized the stuff in her space to give her more room to bunny around.

and the girl,

Mocha likes to hang out in these little shoe boxes, she sleeps in them too.

butt pic,

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